Dubbledge is an English

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based in

Watford Watford () is a town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne, Hertfordshire, River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal en ...

. He first gained interest with the track ''The Internet Song'', which was distributed online. He has appeared on releases by

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artists including

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, Micall Parknsun,

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, and

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Dubbledge released the mixtape ''The Fist of Jah'' in 2005. It featured the likes of Foreign Beggers and Genesis Elijah with production by Dag Nabit and

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by Shlomo. Dubbledge's debut album ''The Richest Man in Babylon'' was released on

Low Life Records Joe Christie, better known as Braintax, is a British hip hop artist and producer. Christie had also recorded or appeared under the pseudonyms Brando Flux and Joey Brains. All of his releases were on his own record label, Low Life Records. Origi ...

on 1 October 2007. HHC's Hugh Leask noted Dubbledge's "skill for setting the ordinary next to the extraordinary, blending the humdrum everyday minutia with the dramatic and explosive". His ''Dubbledge vs The Boondocks'' album released in 2011 saw the rapper use fragments of the cartoon series The Boondocks to create a unique 35 minute concept album featuring production from Chase & Status, Ben Grymm, DJ IQ, L.G and Metabeats. On the subject of how he came up with his name, he once said in an interview "A Rasta man once told me that the tongue is a double-edged sword, even though it may be one of the smallest muscles in your body. It can do the most damage. It can start wars or bring peace."Rapnews.co.uk interview
30 November 2005.

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{{Authority control Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English male rappers Musicians from Watford